book chapter
The fishermen: the Warao of the Orinoco Delta
Survivors of Eldorado; four Indian cultures of South America • New York • Published In 1972 • Pages: 65-115
By: Wilbert, Johannes.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This document provides a general descriptive survey of Warao society and culture, emphasizing material culture, food-quest activities, social organization, religious beliefs, and life-cycle.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Prehistory
- Domesticated animals
- Recreational and non-therapeutic drugs
- Weapons
- Real property
- Music
- Musical instruments
- Infant feeding
- Infant care
- Child care
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Warao
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2000
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- South America
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Amazon and Orinoco
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- book chapter
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Ethnologist
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- M. A. Marcus ; 1984
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1954-1970
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1954-1970
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Orinoco Delta, Venezuela
- NotesAdditional notes
- Johannes Wilbert
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 113-115)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 71173277
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Warao Indians